Job uncertainty, no access to welfare, and concerns over Covid-19 are some of the drivers behind the flood of New Zealanders abroad coming back to Aotearoa. It's estimated around one million Kiwis live abroad, but since New Zealand entered the alert level 4, just over 23,000 have returned. Ross Giblin/Stuff It's estimated around one million Kiwis live abroad, but since New Zealand entered the alert level 4, just over 23,000 have returned. Since that date, and despite enormous disruption to air travel, 23,424 Kiwis have made the return trip. On top of that, 25 per cent of their website inquiries were coming from abroad – normally it was around 10 per cent.

Source: Stuff July 08, 2020 19:23 UTC